#DCC556#DCC556

#DCC556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC556
RGB	rgb(220, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -4.96, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 57.45, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0176 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1633, 55.8224, 16.8821)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC556 #566DDC

analogous

#DC8256 #DCC556 #B0DC56

triadic

#DCC556 #56DCC5 #C556DC

tetradic

#DCC556 #56DC82 #566DDC #DC56B0

square

#DCC556 #56DC82 #566DDC #DC56B0

split-complementary

#DCC556 #56B0DC #8256DC

monochromatic

#988320 #CBAF2A #DCC556 #E6D689 #F1E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DCC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DCC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC556

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC556	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68a',
    500: '#dcc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc556;
$custom-light: #ead68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82172,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC556

secondary

#3A4B9C

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC556

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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